In article k.net, "Dwight
Stewart" writes:


"Larry Roll K3LT" wrote:

(snip) In fact, I would dare say that if there is any
"mental anguish" in this forum, it would seem to have
been expressed almost exclusively by the NCTA's,
who, after all, started all this (snip)


Too bad Google doesn't go back that far. It would be interesting to see
who really "started all this" in these newsgroups. Of course, I suspect it
was a member of the pro-code crowd - since the FCC started dropping code
years ago, the no-code crowd would have had little reason to even bring the
subject up. The pro-code crowd, on the other hand, started complaining
before the FCC even changed the rules (the rumor of a rule change was
enough).

Dwight:

It was definitely the NCTA's who originated the code/no-code (testing)
debate on Fidonet, then Usenet. At least, it was they who threw the
first slings and arrows at the pro-coders (PCTA's) and making all the
now famous accusations of us being politically-incorrect in every
possible way, contributing to everything that is wrong in this world,
and seeking to keep the ARS technically archaic. I was there from the
beginning, so if you weren't, you'll just have to accept the word of
those of us who were.

73 de Larry, K3LT